According to the World Bank, in 2022, access to adequate menstrual products and facilities for menstrual hygiene management was a challenge for approximately 500 million females worldwide.

In commemoration of World Menstrual Hygiene Day, our Director for Health Initiatives, Dr Darell Addison, takes a look at Ghana’s Free Sanitary Pad Initiative, recently launched by H.E. John Mahama, President of Ghana.